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Spring into
Summer
Emmy Award-winner Sean Hayes (Will and Grace)
makes his Broadway debut in the first-ever revival
of Promises, Promises, co-starring Tony and Emmy
Award-winner Kristin Chenoweth (Wicked, Glee).
And that’s just the beginning of the experiences
awaiting you throughout the Northeast Corridor this
spring. Oscar winner Tilda Swinton (above; Conan
O’Brien’s pick to play him on film) will be honored at
the P-Town Film Festival in June. Enjoy NASCAR in
Dover; witness Heifers (cows, of course) strolling
the streets of Brattleboro, Vermont; revisit Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps in Baltimore; celebrate the
journey of Abe Lincoln in Rhode Island; and tour
a Civil War-era oceanfront mansion that looks like
new thanks to a $140 million face-lift. Plus, the Blue
Angels take to the Annapolis skies to celebrate
the newest graduates of the U.S. Naval Academy.
Climb aboard and let Amtrak deliver you to the
greatest events of the season — Compiled by miChael hammett
NEW YORK
Sean Hayes on Broad-
way: Broadway Across
America, Craig Zadan and
Neil Meron present the
first-ever Broadway revival
of Promises, Promises, now
playing at the Broadway
Theater. Emmy Award-
winner Sean Hayes (Will and
Grace) makes his Broadway
debut alongside Tony and
Emmy Award-winner Kris-
tin Chenoweth (Wicked) in
a musical written by Neil
Simon (book), Burt Bacha-
rach (music) and Hal David
(lyrics). Based on the 1960
Academy Award-winning
Billy Wilder film The Apart-
ment, Promises, Promises
tells the story of Chuck
Baxter (Hayes). In an effort
to advance at work, Chuck
lends executives his apart-
ment for their extramarital
romantic trysts. But things
become slightly compli-
cated when Fran Kubelik
(Chenoweth), the object of
Chuck’s affection, becomes
the mistress of one of his
executives. Musical num-
bers include “I’ll Never Fall
in Love Again,” “Promises,
Promises” and “Knowing
When to Leave.” The musi-
cal debuted on Broadway in
1968 at the Shubert Theatre,
ran for 1,268 performances
and was nominated for
eight Tony Awards. promises
promisesbroadway.com.
See RED: Alfred Molina
(An Education; Chocolat)
and Eddie Redmayne
(Elizabeth: The Golden Age;
The Good Shepherd) star
in RED, a new American
play by John Logan (Oscar-
nominated writer of The
Aviator) and directed by
Michael Grandage (Hamlet;
Frost/Nixon). The critically
acclaimed Donmar Ware-
house production is set
in 1958 as New York artist
Mark Rothko (Molina) has
received the art world’s
largest commission to cre-
ate a series of murals for
The Four Seasons restau-
rant in the new Seagram
building on Park Avenue.
RED is a moving and com-
pelling account of one of the
greatest artists of the 20th
century, whose struggle to
accept his growing riches
and praise became his
ultimate undoing. Limited
15-week engagement. The
Golden Theatre, 252 W.
45th St. between Broadway
and Eighth Avenue. Through
June 27. RedOnBroadway.com.
VERMONT
Behind the canvas:
Vermont’s natural scenic beauty
is enhanced each spring
when the work of Vermont
artists and craftspeople can
be seen firsthand during Vermont’s annual Open Studio
Weekend over Memorial
Day weekend. More than
Alfred Molina in RED
